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Locality Name:
Velardeña District, Cuencamé Municipality, Durango, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 35.1
Youngest recorded age at locality: 30.2

mindat Locality ID: 29040
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29040.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Velardeña District, Cuencamé Municipality, Durango, Mexico": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Velardeña

Latitude: 25°4'1"N
Longitude: 103°43'49"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 25.066944444444,-103.73027777778
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Ag Al As C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe H O Sb Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneAluniteApatiteCalciteChalcopyriteCopiapiteHalotrichiteMalachiteMelilite
NickelineNonePyriteRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelSpurrite-AfwilliteTetrahedriteVesuvianiteVoltaite
Wollastonite

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Bornite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chapmanite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Copiapite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gehlenite  (*)Halotrichite  (*)Hillebrandite  (*)Krausite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Realgar  (*)Scorodite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spurrite  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Voltaite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S35.130.2282355,823582793
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS435.130.2282350,823565516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S1135.130.2182349843
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)35.130.2282346,8235627770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S35.130.2282352,823585707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS235.130.2382347,82348,8235827198
Chapmanite  (*)NoneFe3+2Sb3+(Si2O5)O3(OH)35.130.2031
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O35.131.71823583531
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O35.130.2182352382
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS35.130.218234624243
Gehlenite  (*)MeliliteCa2Al(SiAl)O735.130.2282356,82358114
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O35.130.2182352409
Hillebrandite  (*)NoneCa2SiO3(OH)235.130.218235617
Krausite  (*)NoneKFe3+(SO4)2·H2O35.130.218235221
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O435.130.218235614899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)235.130.2282351,8235812537
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl35.130.21823461107
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)635.130.2182352477
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS235.130.2382352,82356,8235839462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S835.130.2282355,823589056
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS35.131.7182358712
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O35.130.21823531153
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS35.130.2282355,8235821482
Spurrite  (*)Spurrite-AfwilliteCa5(SiO4)2(CO3)35.130.2382354,82356,8235854
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO35.131.71823581101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1335.130.2282347,823565317
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1035.130.21823511395
Voltaite  (*)VoltaiteK2Fe2+5Fe3+3Al(SO4)12·18H2O35.130.2182352111
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO335.130.21823561247


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
EG98_1029_tbl_1_013epithermal


2 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
EG98_1029_tbl_1_01330.230.230.2FT fluorite   Fluorite  23070Velardeña, Velardeña District, Cuencamé Municipality, Durango, MexicoVelardeñaCamprubi et al. (2003)10.2113/gsecongeo.98.5.1029EG98_1029 
sedznpb-0032335.131.733.4±1.7        25945Velardeña Mine, Velardeña, Velardeña District, Cuencamé Municipality, Durango, MexicoVelardeñaSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R110067Terneras Mine, Velardeña, Velardeña District, Cuencamé Municipality, Durango, Mexicohttps://rruff.info/R110067

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